U.S. History Chapter 6 Edwin L. Drake First to successfully use a steam engine to drill for oil

U.S. History Chapter 6 Bessemer Process Cheap and efficient process for manufacturing steel. Steel is the key to the era Pittsburgh, PA

U.S. History Chapter 6 Thomas Alva Edison Inventor of the phonograph and incandescent light bulb Held over 1000 patents Wizard of Menlo Park

U.S. History Chapter 6 Christopher Sholes Invented the type writer

U.S. History Chapter 6 Alexander Graham Bell Inventor of the telephone in 1876 These three show the age of invention.

U.S. History Chapter 6 Transcontinental Railroad Connects the Atlantic and Pacific by rail and was completed in May of 1869 at Promontory Point Utah.

U.S. History Chapter 6 George M. Pullman Built a factory to manufacture sleeper railroad cars in 1880 Built and controlled the town.

U.S. History Chapter 6 Credit Mobilier Stock scam by railroad stock holders to increase profits and bribe congressmen Shows the abuse of the railroads.

U.S. History Chapter 6 Munn v. Illinois Supreme Court case in 1877 that upheld state and federal rights to regulate private industry to serve public interest Had to regulate Railroad Industry

U.S. History Chapter 6 Interstate Commerce Act 1887 Allows the federal government to regulate the railroad industry and anything else that affects trade between the states.

U.S. History Chapter 6 Andrew Carnegie Industrial mogul that made his own fortune Carnegie Steel Company Donated millions of dollars to charity

U.S. History Chapter 6 Gospel of Wealth Philosophy that was held by Andrew Carnegie and other Robber Barons. It says that the harder one works, the more money one makes. Therefore, people should respect and honor men like Carnegie because they worked harder than everyone else and have reaped their just rewards. Poor people need to work harder to obtain wealth.

U.S. History Chapter 6 Integration Strategies Vertical – buying out suppliers to control the entire process of producing a product Horizontal – merging companies that make similar products to control production

U.S. History Chapter 6 Social Darwinism Applying Darwin’s Natural Selection to society and economic development of individuals Survival of the Fittest

U.S. History Chapter 6 John D. Rockefeller Founder of Standard Oil Used trusts to merge with competing companies Trust = illegal monopoly

U.S. History Chapter 6 Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1890, made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states or with countries

U.S. History Chapter 6 Samuel Gompers Led the Cigar Maker’s Union Merged several other craft unions together into the American Federation of Labor 1886

U.S. History Chapter 6 Eugene V. Debs Leader of the American Railway Union Management taking advantage Unions represent the workers Welfare Capitalism

U.S. History Chapter 6 Great Railroad Strike 1877 July 1877 strike against the B&O Railroad President Hayes used federal troops to end the strike

U.S. History Chapter 6 Mary Harris “Mother” Jones Irish immigrant that organized the women’s labor movement

U.S. History Chapter 6 Blacklist List circulated from factory to factory and if your name was on the list you would not be able to get a job

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire March 25, 1911 – 146 women die Largest high rise disaster in U.S. History, until September 11, 2001 Lessons Learned U.S. History Chapter 6